http://www.almostexciting.com Digging into the couch-cushions of the internet! Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:56:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wikipedia has this list of Latin phrases. (What don't they have?) It lists direct English translations of common phrases, such as "veni vidi vici" and "et cetera". There's also many that I've never heard... so if you're looking to fill your brain with some potentially useless knowledge - here's another good ... http://www.almostexciting.com/list-of-latin-phrases/2008-200/ (link, to lifehacker) Google can reorder search and news results from the last day, week, a few months, or entire year by adding a small string to the end of the search URL. Just add this string— &as_qdr=d —to the address bar and hit enter. You'll get a custom drop-down box that lets ... http://www.almostexciting.com/filter-google-results-by-date/2008-199/ Finally, a *Passively* Multiplayer Online Game! PMOG transforms our web surfing into ongoing social play. With a Firefox plug-in, players can bomb each other, wage war over web sites, and lead other users on web missions. There's so much more, check it out. I thought of something like this once, and I'm beating ... http://www.almostexciting.com/pmog/2008-198/ Cool video of some awesome hand-drawn lettering. I haven't looked into who did this or exactly what it's about, but it was too neat to wait before posting ... Link to video. http://www.almostexciting.com/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/2008-197/ I came across this in my world travel for the best tea.  This has got to be one of the weirdest flavors I have ever seen. Who drinks this? Here is the website to the company who sells it. http://www.almostexciting.com/egg-nog-tea/2008-196/ Here is a website that has some cool DIY stuff for the Wiimote. It shows you how to connect the Wiimote up to the PC with bluetooth and then turn your pc/laptop into a touchscreen. You can also create a whiteboard by connecting up a projector, but most important, Johnny Lee shows ... http://www.almostexciting.com/awesome-wiimote-stuff/2008-194/ Here is a cool flickr page where they have taken art and added a side of Geek: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulthewineguy/sets/72157603619920398/  Here is one of the best ones: http://www.almostexciting.com/art-for-geeks/2008-192/ Here is a cool cubicle design. I would love to have one of these for my cube. Click on the link to see a video. http://www.almostexciting.com/cubicle-pod/2008-191/ This is pretty cool. This laptop uses touchscreen holographic technology for its display (or the closest thing we have to it). The screen is totally transparent until power is turned on. http://www.almostexciting.com/touchscreen-holographic-laptop/2008-188/ I ordered a laptop from TIGER DIRECT (tigerdirect.com) on Dec. 22nd and purchased 2nd Day Air through UPS. This was the biggest mistake of my life. The package did not arrive until Dec. 28th at 1:30pm. That is almost a week. I contacted the CFO of SYSTEMAX (Tiger Direct’s parent ... http://www.almostexciting.com/worst-online-shopping-experience-ever/2007-187/